Different Route
An action plan to clean up the local transport mess is lined up for Cabinet approval but private bus owners, currently paying up over million rupees a month as …
Shipping and Transport
Back To Work
Striking flight attendants at Sri Lankas national carrier SriLankan Airlines announced they had ended a work stoppage that forced the airline to ground flights …
Wings Clipped
A strike by flight attendants over a pay row delayed several SriLankan Airlines flights and stranded passengers Friday, airport officials said.rnThere was no …
Trade Routes
Trade to the North East has taken to the road, washing away business for the seaports in the region. The Trinco harbour saw the number of ships calling there …
Road Blocks
The ADB is to help package road development into a shelf of projects complete with backward clearances in place, making it easier for investors to step in.A …
Jumping High
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Sailing Off
Colombo Dockyards is sailing off on new business routes to stay comfortably afloat as its shipbuilding and repair operation gets weather trodden. Revenues from …
Landing Trap
In a bid to entice private airlines to fly to Sri Lanka, the Civil Aviation Authority plans to cut landing charges during off-peak hours.This will even out …
Slow Sailing
The sweep for funding sources to back the proposed South Harbour project will be six months late on account of the ongoing political row. A market survey to …
Request to Take Off
Local private airline operators based here say they are getting ready to compete with the national carrierrnnext month when a provision in the MOU …
Flight Freedom
SriLankan Airlines will use its lquote Fifth Freedom aviation rights to carry passengers from Cochin in India to the Maldives, in July.Fifth Freedom rights …
Flying India
Indias Jet Airways chalked up Colombo as its first international destination on Wednesday, after both governments opened skies recently for bilateral …
Over The Sahara
Indias Sahara Air flew in its first paid-passenger-flight to Colombo on Monday taking Sri Lanka a step closer to the coveted regional tourism hub …
Second Airport
More than 30 international airport developers have shown initial interest in building and perhaps taking a stake in a new international airport in the south of …
Roads End
All assets of state owned construction firm Road Construction and Development Company (RCDC) is to be packaged and sold off following its shut down last year. …
Under Way
While Sri Lankas impoverished national railway struggles to make ends meet above ground, prospects are under evaluation to build a new rail network underground …
Bigger Capacity
Dubai based Emirates Airlines said Monday, that it was adding five new services to Colombo in March, substantially increasing seat and cargo capacity to and …
Private Tours
Privately owned helicopters could come to the rescue in medical and natural disasters and fly in to transport shipping crew between land and sea before …
Love From India
The promoters of Indias first Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) system have offered to help the government to set up a similar system to help ease congestion in …
Second Round
Private bus owners are lobbying the government to remove VAT payments slapped on lease rentals of registered buses.Currently, around 17,500 private passenger …